Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Entertainment
We’re All Steampunk Cylons
11:50PM Mark Wilson | DVICE threw a design contest to create BSG steampunk cylons. And while we love this particular piece by Shawn Sharp, thank the gods he didn’t opt to model Cylon 6…or did he? Ewwww. [DVICE] More »
Software
Last.fm Silences Third-Party Mobile Apps
10:40PM John Herrman | Hot off an announcement that they’d be charging for radio access outside the US, UK and Germany, Last.fm has said that all non-official mobile clients will be banned. This isn’t going over well. More »
Games
OnLive Demos Streaming Games: Yes, That’s Crysis on Integrated Graphics
9:55PM John Herrman | I’ll grant that OnLive—the streaming game service that its makers claim will bring high-end games to virtually any PC or TV—borders on implausible, but you gotta beliiieevve! For the haters, here’s a demo video. More »
Software
‘My Account’ Android App Manages Your T-Mobile Affairs, Stimulates Your Miserliness
9:03PM John Herrman | Remaining minutes and texts, a bill summary, online payment capabilities, and support information are a few of the features in T-Mobile’s first official Android app, released today to thrifty G1ers everywhere. More »
Peripherals
TIE Fighter and Lightsaber Webcams Are Meticulously Detailed, Conceptually Strange
8:15PM John Herrman | If you’re in the market for these products, you probably have a powerful imagination. Where, then, would you prefer to stare? Into the laser cannons of the TIE, or directly into the lightsaber’s hilt? More »
Gadgets
Clairvoyant Watch Warns You When It’s a Bad Time
7:00PM Elaine Chow | Swiss watchmaker Borgeaud has teamed up with Indian fortune tellers to create a watch that allegedly predicts the future. When things are about to go sour, a bedpan-shaped section on the watch will turn brown. More »
Vehicles
Chinese Villager Takes Wooden Bike Out For a Spin
6:00PM Elaine Chow | A carpenter in a Chinese village, perhaps unwilling to spend what would amount to a month’s pay on a bicycle, has created a 100% wooden one to ride around town instead. More »
Gadgets
Ruin Diamonds By Nano-etching Your Ugly Mug Into Them
5:00PM Elaine Chow | Have the urge to really ruin the resale value of a diamond? Here’s one way—permanently embed a hi-res grayscale photograph of yourself in it. More »
Design
Young China Fashion Designer Draws Inspiration From Recent UFO Sighting
4:00PM Elaine Chow | This couture collection, designed by Jiang Zhou of the Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology, was featured at China’s recent fashion week and looks to have been inspired by the country’s recent brush with extraterrestrial lifeforms. More »
Cameras
